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Hi all,
If anyone has a template for staff member with Diabetes they could send me it would be most appreciated.
Obviously I will amend and remove any personal details if present.
Thanks for your time. Chris
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I'm afraid that you are going to have to do the leg work on this one. Although diabetes affects a lot of people, different people react to it differently and you will need to sit down and have the discussion with the employee as to how the diabetes affects them, what their medication is, whether they are type 1 or type 2, side effects of this medication, extreme fatigue, whether their diabetes is under control, how often they see the doctor, do they need additional eye tests, special safety shoes, any other side effects or health effects of diabetes and so on and so forth.
A template will not substitute for good old fashioned research and you do need to know what you are talking about so the risk assessment under the Equality Act is completed by a competent person, otherwise it is genuinely not worth the paper it is written on.
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Your MHSW risk assessment template (with a tweak as necessary) should be able to cope with such a task as such an assessment process should be no different to other assessments. However as noted already its not only the template that needs to be good its the research, inclusive of interviews etc. behind what is put into the template that counts as well
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I would agree with Hilary and suggest that the risk assessment is completed by speaking to the individual in question and ascertaining how diabetes affects them and what can be done to better support them.
Think of this risk assessment as being similar to a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan, it needs to be totally unique to each individual.
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Hi
Would you need a risk assessment if there is not a significant risk? Surely a person with well managed diabetes would not be a significant risk in most work and most circumstances.
Ian
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Good point Ian
We do not use our risk assessment for diabetes to see if the person has any particular health and safety issues, we use it as an assessment under the Equality Act to see if they need any reasonable adjustments and how the organisation can help them to lead a "normal" life.
If the diabetes is disclosed, then an assessment of some sort should be made and why not do a risk assessment? It's as good as approach as any and kills quite a lot of birds with just the one stone.
Hils
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If you are considering a risk assessment in response to the requirement under the management regs - then (in theory) all you need to do is to identify the requirements and prohibitions imposed by other law - and there are no specific requirement or prohibitions in relation to diabetes - so recording your significant findings might ( if you were so inclined) simply stop there. If you have any integrity of course - you might then go on to consider whether the condition might make it unsafe for the individual to do certain work - and whether the condition might make it unsafe for others if the individual does certain work....
There are standards for driving licences that need to be met if the individual drives for work. There is an argument for saying that similar standards should be applied to people using scaffolding or ladders and other jobs... And there may well be a case for providing general awareness training for supervisors, first aiders, and perhaps all staff so they can identify any signs and symptoms and respond appropriately.. Always remembering the overriding obligation to maintain medical confidentiality....
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